Vienna: Auto executives are travelling to a remote Austrian town where three brothers are designing electric cars they say can go faster and further than anything made by Tesla Motors Inc. Kreisel Electric GmbH says it’s fielding 20 inquiries a day from automotive icons including BMW AG, Mclaren Automotive Ltd and Volkswagen AG. They’re asking […]
Read more >Artificial Intelligence has been the holy grail of Computer Science for over a hundred years and we are finally starting to scratch the first layer of this incredibly complex system. Currently, all the major players in the Technology business are investing heavily in the R&D of AI systems, but it would seem we are still […]
Read more >WASHINGTON: Automation threatens 69% of the jobs in India and 77% in China, according to a World Bank research, which says technology could “fundamentally disrupt” the pattern of traditional economic path in developing countries. “As we continue to encourage more investment in infrastructure to promote growth, we also have to think about the kinds of […]
Read more >Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella delivering keynote address at the company’s ‘Tech For Good, Ideas for India’ event in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI) Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Monday said that the company was trying to teach computers more of human language to make computing faster and interacting with them more natural and easier than […]
Read more >JAIPUR: Three minor students — Chetanya Golechha, Mrigank Gujjar and Utsav Jain of Class X in Jaipur have got funding of Rs 3 crore for their start-up ‘Infusion Beverages.’ The trio participated in the entrepreneurship fest of their school in April last year which has changed their fortunes. These students of Neerja Modi School in […]
Read more >Every year, American students and taxpayers spend roughly $7 billion trying to bridge the gap between finishing high school and actually being ready for college. In two-year colleges, 52% of students are funnelled into remedial coursework. Of these students, only about 40% finish the remedial courses, and less than 10% even graduate. High schools and […]
Read more >BEIJING — Having conquered world markets and challenged American political and military leadership, China has set its sights on becoming a global powerhouse in a different field: scientific research. It now has more laboratory scientists than any other country, outspends the entire European Union on research and development, and produces more scientific articles than any […]
Read more >STATE OF LIFE & EDUCATION BACK TO Home Schooling All parents can opt for homeschooling: MIT girl… BACK TO Home Schooling
Read more >NEW DELHI: As many as 550 jobs have disappeared every day in last four years and if this trend continues, employment would shrink by 7 million by 2050 in the country, a study has claimed. Farmers, petty retail vendors, contract labourers and construction workers are the most vulnerable sections facing never before livelihood threats in […]
Read more >LONDON: Oxford Universityhas been directed to face trial after an Indian-origin student sued the varsity for “hopelessly bad” and “boring” teaching which allegedly resulted in him getting a second class degree and in turn led to loss of earnings in his career as a lawyer. The world-famous university had applied to the High Court in […]
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